The emphasis on words or phrases by repeating them at the beginning of nearby clauses.
examples:
“The Tuft of Flowers” by Robert Frost, lines 16-18
A tuft of flowers. Really.
“And once I marked his flight to go round and round,
As where once some flower lay withering on the ground.
And then he flew as far as eye could see,
And then on tremulous wing came back to me.”
There is a repetition of the word “And” obvious here, which also expands to be “And then” in the final two lines. This gives the effect of the speaker easily narrating a story, which is indeed what is happening: A sequence of events is being described, and the speaker appears eager to reveal the next occurrence.
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, Act III, Scene 1, Lines 72-73 (Hamlet's famous lines)
Poor Hammy. Somebody give him a hug.
“…To die, to sleep—
To sleep, perchance to dream….”
Some of the most famous words in English literature, featuring the repeated phrase “to [verb].” The effect of this anaphora is to give the audience the impression that Hamlet is pondering something; that Hamlet is trying to logically reason out a problem, step by step. Here, it is the issue of death and sin that Hamlet obsesses over.
Anaphora:
The emphasis on words or phrases by repeating them at the beginning of nearby clauses.examples:
“The Tuft of Flowers” by Robert Frost, lines 16-18
As where once some flower lay withering on the ground.And then he flew as far as eye could see,
And then on tremulous wing came back to me.”
There is a repetition of the word “And” obvious here, which also expands to be “And then” in the final two lines. This gives the effect of the speaker easily narrating a story, which is indeed what is happening: A sequence of events is being described, and the speaker appears eager to reveal the next occurrence.
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, Act III, Scene 1, Lines 72-73 (Hamlet's famous lines)
“…To die, to sleep—
To sleep, perchance to dream….”
Some of the most famous words in English literature, featuring the repeated phrase “to [verb].” The effect of this anaphora is to give the audience the impression that Hamlet is pondering something; that Hamlet is trying to logically reason out a problem, step by step. Here, it is the issue of death and sin that Hamlet obsesses over.
Info Sources: www.dictionary.com, en.wikipedia.org
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